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230 Chanbopha Himm

5/17/2020

 
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Chan was born to a Cambodian mother and Chinese father in a refugee camp in Thailand.  Her family settled in MA when she was three.  Chan moved to Maine in 2000, after completing high school.  She is a wife and mother of two school-age children, works for Wex and loves crunching the numbers, which eventually tell her their story.  

Currently, Chan serves as the Co-President and Treasurer  of the Cambodian Community Association of Maine.  She dedicates her time and energy to supporting women and others who often go unnoticed.  In this episode Chan speaks about the successful collaboration her organization has with Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition, especially during this time of Covid.   
 
FMI: Maine Women Magazine, Nov 2019.

Music: Guzheng Cover of "See You Again."

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104 Makara Meng

5/29/2016

 
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Makara and her mother fled the Khmer Rouge in 1975 when she was five years old.  When they arrived at the Khao-I-Dang UNHCR camp  on the Thai border in 1979 she felt she had found "heaven on earth."  She and her mother came to the US in 1984 and eventually to Maine in 2002.
Recently, Makara was honored as a "Trailblazer" at the first annual Empower the Immigrant Women Conference.  She speaks about that event during this interview.
Makara has worked in production (sewing), sales, translating/interpreting, owned her own Cambodian grocery store and just started an egg roll catering business called "Let's Roll" (to place an order call 207-807-0999). 
Music: "Wake Me Up" (Avicii) sung by Justin Rhodes.

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